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WHIP SOCKET.

Patented Oct. 28, 1884.

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JOHN "B. GORDON AND MARTIN J. CUNNI GHAM, or SPRINGFIELD, MO.

VVHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,110, dated October 28, 1884.

Application filed May 23, 1884. (No model.) i

T0 (11 whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J mm B. GORDON and MARTIN J. CUNNINGHAM, citizens of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Locks and Vhip-Sockets; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention is a new and useful device .for looking a whip into a socket, the object of which is to provide for locking an ordinary whip in any kind of a whipsocket to prevent its being stolen. These objects we at tain by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the look at the top. Fig. 2 is a view showing a hinged whip-socket with the lock at the bottom. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and (5 are detail views.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A represents any ordinary whip-socket of any desired size, and it may be of any desired shape. A modificationis shown, A, Fig. 2. It has the usual attachment, a. To the said whip-socket we attach a device for causing the whip to be clasped at or near the top of the socket, where the whip is smaller than at the butt or lower end, so as to prevent the whip from being pulled out of the socket while the device is locked.

B is a lock attached to the socket, preferably near the top or bottom. It is composed of a case, b, of any desired size and shape,

turns the cam G.

end, f".

may be made square, as represented, or in any desired shape, to enterthe hole in the key.

In the whip socket .is placed a suitable spring, 0, which we prefer to bend in the shape of a bow, c c" 0 Fig. 6, (also by dotted lines in Fig. 1.) To this spring is attached a post, lug, or projecting rod, 0, which is placed so as to rest against the varying or inclined edge 9 of the cam.

D is akey, of any desired shape, to enter the opening I) in the case b, and may be formed to enter the opening in or to receive the part of the end 9, as above set forth. e prefer to form a hole, (1, in the end d, to receive the post g" of the cam.

\Vhen it is desired to lock the whip in the socket, the key is placed in the opening I) and This pushes out the rod or post 0, fwhich rests against the varying edge of the cam, and forces the attached side a of the spring against the whip E at a point, f, where it is smaller than at the butt or bottom The key is removed and the whip is removed and the whip is secured. To loosen the whip, the key is replaced and turned in the opposite direction, which permits the spring to move back against the side of the socket. \Vhen the socket is hinged at or near its middle, as in Fig. 2, a, the screw, cam, or other equivalent device to be turned by the key is placed between the lower ends of the sides or levers c" a, which are formed to receive it. A.l1olc,b", is made for the key to enter one side, while the other is provided with a lug or post, c, against which the head of the cam works to open the lower part of the levers, which closes the top about the whip, and vice versa, when desired to release the whip.

This device is simple, cheap, and durable, and saves both time and trouble in taking care of whips, and also prevents their being stolen or lost by any means from the socket.

Having thus described the construction, use, and operation of our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a whip-socket, a cam, G, which has a head, 9, with a varying edge,

and an end, g, wiih a lug, c, said lug being placed so as to work upon the varying edge of the 0am to open and close the month of a whip-socket, substantially as shown and deopen the socket, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

2. The combination of a whipsocket having a case, b, with a spring, G, having a lug,

0, together with a cam, G, having a varying inclined edge, and a key, D, said cam 0p 10 erating upon the said lng so as to close and MARTIN J. (IUNNINGHAM.

\Vitnesses:

SEWARD A. I'L\STGTXLII\']G, J. T. XVIIITE. 

